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s music was written by Léo Morgan and the final Arabic lyrics by Ali Squalli Houssaini in 1970. manbita al ahrar = Fountain of Freedom machriqa al anwar = Source of Light mountada sou’dadi wa himahh = Where sovereignty and safety meet, doumta mountadah wa himah = Safety and sovereignty may you ever combine! ichta fi l awtan = You have lived among nations liloula ounwan = With title sublime, mil’a koulli janane = Filling each heart, dikra koulli lissane = Sung by each tongue, birrouhi = Your champion has risen biljassadi = And answered your call. habba fatak = For your soul and your body, labba nidak = The victory they have conquered. fi fami wa fi dami = In my mouth and in my blood hawaka thara our wa nar = Your breezes have stirred both light and fire. ikhwati ahya = Up! my brethren, liloula sa’aya = Strive for the highest. nouch’hidi dounya = We call to the world anna houna nahya = That we are here ready. bichia’ar = We salute as our emblem Allah, Al-Watan, Al-Malik = God, Homeland, and King.